Worst-Case Scenarios: How Democracy Ends

Part 2 in a series where I explore the flaws in principle and practice that now dominate my own side.

You can read part 1 here.

One reason I wanted to start a Substack is to write more impressionistic (not fully-formed) posts about things I’m still working out and to invite comment and criticism from good-faith interlocutors. In other words, I’m trying to deliberately limit my audience. Here goes.

At the heart of the divide over whether American democra…